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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (c.) meets with a family in the village of Tugnui during his visit to the Siberian republic of Buryatia. Alexsey Druginyn/RIA Novosti/Reuters

Former IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn listens to his lawyer William Taylor during a hearing at New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan. Strauss-Kahn was released without bail at a New York court hearing for his sexual assault case on Friday. Sources close to the case against Strauss-Kahn said the case was close to collapse, with prosecutors doubting the credibility of a hotel maid he is accused of attempting to rape and sexually abuse. Todd Heisler/Reuters

A man walks through 'Organ of Corti,' a sound sculpture created by Liminal, outside St Paul's Cathedral in London. The four meter tall installation absorbs surrounding noise from the city and converts it into musical sound. Luke MacGregor/Reuters

Employees work on a 'sea horses vase' at the Lalique factory in Wingen sur Moder, Eastern France. The Lalique museum, dedicated to French artist, designer and glass maker Rene Lalique (1860-1945), is inaugurated today in Wingen sur Moder, the Alsatian village where he decided to build his factory after World War I, which remains the unique site of production for Lalique branded crystal ware. Vincent Kessler/Reuters

Vincent Soong, from Hong Kong arranges his eight-year-old son Tanghan's shirt after putting on a Canada pin prior to a citizenship ceremony attended by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in Gatineau, Canada. Protests are expected outside that event by those who argue its time for new citizens to be swearing allegiance to Canada, not the monarchy. Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press/AP

Children play with giant bubbles as the sun sets at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas, Calif., on Thursday. Mike Blake/Reuters

Women perform prayers during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the southern city of Taiz. Tens of thousands of Yemenis turned Friday prayers into rallies for and against Saleh who is recovering from injuries sustained in an assassination attempt earlier this month. Khaled Abdullah/Reuters

The feet of a worker is seen through Buddhist prayer flags as workers clean the world heritage site of Boudhanath Stupa in Katmandu, Nepal. Niranjan Shrestha/AP

Mexico's Liliana Mercado is challenged by Japan's Shinobu Ohno (l.) and Japan's Homare Sawa during the group B match between Japan and Mexico at the Women’s Soccer World Cup in Leverkusen, Germany. Martin Meissner/AP

This photo taken Thursday evening shows lightning strikes in Chicago as a powerful storm swept through the area. Tom Cruze/Chicago Sun-Times/AP

Novak Djokovic of Serbia (top) and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France both lay on the ground after falling as they dived to hit returns during their semi-final match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London. Toby Melville /Reuters

An Afghan man and his dog take a break during a walk in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Friday. Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP

A tribeswoman smiles during preparations for the independence day ceremony scheduled for July 9, in Juba. South Sudan splits away from the north on July 9 to create Africa's newest nation after southerners voted for secession under terms of a peace deal reached in 2005 to end a north-south civil war. Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

A deer crosses the street as smoke from the Las Conchas fire fills the air in Los Alamos, N.M. The wildfire that has threatened the Los Alamos nuclear lab and an evacuated town has grown to more than 162 square miles. Jae C. Hong/AP

Residents on motorbikes and villagers taking part in the Pee Ta Khon, or the Ghost festival, pass by campaign posters along the roadside in Dan Sai located in Thailand's north east Loei province. Thailand will hold a general election on July 3. Adrees Latif/Reuters

A couple kiss on a side walk of a main street in Tel Aviv during the 'White Night' festival Thursday evening. The annual festival celebrates Tel Aviv being listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in July 2003. Nir Elias/Reuters

Goyang, a 12-year-old male orangutan, plays with the bubbles placed into a water filled plastic swimming pool placed into its containment area at the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium in Pittsburgh. The zoo staged what they called an orangutan beach party with the pool, plastic chairs, and beach towels to promote family week at the complex. Keith Srakocic/AP

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A crackdown on transfers to Somalia to block Al Shabaab funding has had a major impact on Somali-American communities. Lawmakers are working on a contingency plan to prevent a potential humanitarian crisis.

ByJohnny Magdaleno, ContributorMarch 3, 2015

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For the last three weeks, Ali Eishe has been scrambling to find a way to send money to his nieces and nephews in Somalia.